AI DAYS 2026: AI on Our Terms: Artists and Creatives Respond
AI on Our Terms: Artists and Creatives Respond
From Lived Experience to Policy Recommendations
What should AI look like if artists and creatives were in the driving seat?
This workshop shifts the conversation from how creative practitioners should adapt to technologies developed elsewhere to how they can shape the development and use of AI themselves.
In a World Café format, people working creatively with images, sound and narratives will explore the fears, hopes and real-world experiences — positive and negative — specific to their practices. Together, they will formulate the needs, principles and conditions that should guide AI in the cultural and creative sectors, identify shared priorities for AI developers, policymakers and other stakeholders, and propose concrete next steps.
The outcomes will contribute to broader pan-European research and the development of policy and technology recommendations intended to strengthen the agency of artists and creatives in shaping the future of AI.
Facilitators
Lenka Hámošová is a designer, educator and researcher exploring how AI reshapes creativity, cognition and human agency. She is a co-founder and executive board member of TAH Centre, where she develops interdisciplinary education.
Klaus Speidel is a Vienna-based philosopher, curator and art critic. At AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, he leads artloop, a programme connecting art with research and innovation. He explores the relationship between generative AI and art and teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Alexey Steblev is a Vienna-based cultural executive, musician and entrepreneur, and a co-founder of CultTech Association and Alliance for Culture & AI.
Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaya is a Vienna-based linguist and digital humanities specialist. She leads educational programmes at CultTech Association and is a co-founder of Alliance for Culture & AI. Her work focuses on education and dialogue at the intersection of culture and technology.
Event details
3 November 2026, 18:00–20:00 (Europe/Prague)
Space Break Café, Signal Space
Rytířská 406/10, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Language: English
Admission: Free with registration
Capacity: Up to 30 participants
Please bring: A smartphone with internet access
Organisers and partners
Organised by TAH Centre together with two Vienna-based organisations, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and Alliance for Culture & AI, in collaboration with Signal Space and prg.ai, as part of AI Days 2026.
TAH – Centre for Innovations in Technology, Art, and Humanities is a non-profit centre and research organisation connecting technology, art, the humanities and social sciences. Its mission is to shape a future in which technological development improves people’s lives and respects cultural and social values.